Today’s questioned was suuggested by Prairie Progressive:
Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it?
This question I hope, means I am not alone. No, I do not read the inside flap nor do I read the back. I feel both give too much away and I want to experience the book for myself, rather than having some notion of what is going to unfold.
Anyone can play along each Thursday with Booking Through Thursday.
A completely different response than mine but you really got me thinking!
That's a good point you make. I actually read both before I read the book.
Visiting from SITS. I'm also glad Friday is almost here. Glad your long week is getting much shorter. :0)
Your answer is similar to mine!
I do both. We should all try it the other way than our norm!
I don't think flap gives too much information…so I read them all time.
I am a book-stopper, meaning I'll quit reading books in middle if I find them boring…so the summary on flap/back is my 1st guidance to decide is it my kind of book or not
very different from me- but it's interesting to know. i like to have a little info going in personally. i love your blog by the way and i'm going to follow you & come back!
Wow, that's definitely unique to me! So how do you know if you're going to want to read a book?
I just finished my review of The Last Dickens at The Crowded Leaf if you're interested!
Alayne,
Excellent question. I chose my books by a variety of means, authors, genres, word of mouth recommendations, Independent Booksellers suggestions, etc. Somehow I always have more than enough books to read and many turn out to be wonderful gems I may not have otherwise discovered.
I usually like to know at least a little bit about a book before I give it a try. So I do read the jacket flaps sometimes. But I rely heavily on recommendations from other bloggers, too.
I always do…
I don't either.
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html
Oh wow, not reading the flap or blurb? I could not do that.. Thnx for your comment on my blog. I see you are a knitter too
Nice!
Really, how do you buy a book then? I do buy books for their covers but most of the time I read the blurb unless I'm buying it based on book reviews. You are right though, sometimes the blurbs give too much away.
I usually read them!
I don't consider that spoiling though. Here is mine
That's what I do with theatre reviews (I won't read them until after I have seen the play), but not, somehow, with books – even though I try to protect myself from too much plot information!
I'm a flapper, but if I sense there's a spoiler coming on (especially the introduction page), then I'll skip them.
I've never thought about not reading the flap or back of the book before I start reading it. Looks like a few agree with you though
Maybe I'll give it a try sometime.
Wow I am so impressed with your ability to resist the urge to sneak a peak at what might happen!
Interesting response! Like the others, I was also wondering how you decide which book to read. I somehow cannot resist reading the flap. I almost feel like I am jumping into uncertain waters. LOL